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Chapter 1 ✦ Installing SUSE 10
Figure 1-22: Configuring network cards
For most people using SUSE in a business environment, a DHCP server may already
be running, and an address, domain name system (DNS) server list, and router
configuration will already be available. Home users and users setting up a server
system will find it necessary to configure these details manually. Home users with
simple broadband or dial-up connections often automatically receive this informa-
tion from their Internet service providers (ISPs) and therefore may not need to
change these settings.
To change the configuration of the network card, click “Network Interfaces” and
select the network card in question (if you have multiple network cards), and click
the Edit button. A screen similar to the one shown in Figure 1-23 appears.
In this example configuration, we set the IP address of the network card to
192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0, with a router/gateway of 192.168.0.8 and a DNS server of
192.168.0.254. If you are unfamiliar with these terms at this stage, see Chapter 6 for
additional information.
To change the configuration of the network card from automatic to manual, select
Static address setup. This enables you to edit the IP and subnet mask fields. As you
can see in Figure 1-23, we have set the IP address/netmask to that of the configura-
tion we talked about in the preceding paragraph.
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